He ordered a tuning wrench and other tools, attended "the university of YouTube" and took up a hobby that most people don't. "Piano tuning is an art in itself.

MONROE — Ilan Hahn hardly ever has a boring day. "Every day is different," Hahn, a piano tuner and restorer, said at his home on a recent morning. "One day I'm at people's homes, the next day I ...

Tublitz is 56 and has been tuning, repairing, restoring and selling pianos for 35 years. He was born and raised in South Orange, N.J. He was a music major at Bennington College, but dropped out in ...

The tuners he knows are, of course, younger than him by 20 years, which places them in their 60s. "There are five piano tuners in the Acadiana area, and they keep busy," he said.

Brian Bailey tunes a piano. He's been aurally tuning the instruments for the past 37 years and says there's been decreased need for his services because so many people have switched to digital pianos.